Sara Cloonan is a PhD student in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences program at the University of Georgia, where she is a member of the Close Relationships Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Rich Slatcher. Her research broadly focuses on understanding how and why we regulate our romantic partner's emotions, and how this impacts both relational and individual health and well-being. In her free time she enjoys running around Athens and watching Love Island. She received her B.A. in Psychology and History from the University of Richmond in 2019 and her M.S. in Psychology from Saint Leo University in 2022. 

Dr. Elizabeth Duggan is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, and the Director of Professional Development and Faculty Engagement for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care at the University of Alabama Birmingham.  

 Dr. Duggan attended medical school at the University of Viginia, completed her internship at Duke University Medical School and her residency and fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She continues to be enthusiastic about perioperative medicine and patient care and is an active instructor and mentor for the department's anesthesiology residents.

Dr. Duggan holds a master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Georgia and is a certified Executive Coach. She draws on this knowledge and experience to address workplace psychological health, to design positive workplace environments, effectively align human motivation with career growth, augment career meaning and connection, and to build employee trust and commitment. She is passionate about organizational justice, physician engagement, leadership training, fair and objective selection practices, and optimal team dynamics.  

As Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Professor Jeanette Taylor assists with all matters of academic administration, policy and planning, and acts on behalf of the Provost when he is not available. She also chairs the UGA Arts Council and oversees the Georgia Museum of Art, McBee Institute for Higher Education, and the Performing Arts Center. With the Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, she jointly oversees the UGA Griffin campus.
 
Professor Taylor’s academic home is in the Department of Psychology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining UGA, Professor Taylor was serving as an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida State University. She served for six years as the chair of the Department of Psychology before her role as an associate dean.
 
Professor Taylor is a clinical psychologist and has an international reputation for her work examining factors that relate to the development and comorbidity of substance use disorders and personality disorders. She has examined psychophysiological factors as well as personality traits and environmental factors in her work. She held funding from the National Institutes of Health for 15 years to support the creation of the Florida State Twin Registry. This registry helped to facilitate her work examining genetic and environmental influences on behavior problems, personality, and reading difficulties in children and adolescents. 
 
Her honors include being elected as a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and selected as a Fellow of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leadership Network. She has served the profession as an associate editor of the Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, as an ad hoc reviewer for two dozen journals, and as an ad hoc reviewer for federal and private grants.   

Nance Maiorino (Dr. N.E.D.) is an academic advisor serving approximately 300 undergraduate students in Psychology, bringing a multidisciplinary background in communication, the arts, and the humanities to her work with students. She is a member of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising, with service on the Transfer, Training, and Communications committees, and currently collaborates with OSAS colleagues as part of an Assessment Workgroup. From 2018 to 2020, she also served as a volunteer Crisis Counselor, an experience that strengthened her training in active listening, student support, and crisis-informed communication, all of which inform her advising practice.

Her professional path reflects a deep commitment to communication and creative practice. She previously worked in New York City as a junior executive in the Creative Practice at Burson-Marsteller, where she focused on content development and professional training. Prior to that, she was a theatre artist and producer, and earlier in her career, a professional equestrian, experiences that continue to inform her holistic and empathetic advising approach.

Dr. N.E.D.’s academic journey spans multiple disciplines and institutions. She studied journalism and English at Ohio Wesleyan University before transferring to Stony Brook University, where she completed an MFA in Theatre. After working in radio and coaching the IHSA Equestrian team at the University of Alabama, she arrived at the University of Georgia to teach in the Drama Department, then pursued doctoral study in Comparative Literature, gaining proficiency in five languages: English, French, Italian, German, and Attic Greek.

Her broad educational foundation includes communication, performance, and dramaturgy, with specialization in Asian and European arts, culture, literature, and film. Dr. N.E.D. brings this rich interdisciplinary perspective to her advising practice, supporting students in navigating their academic paths with curiosity, rigor, and confidence.